Solomon’s story

Before joining Village of Hope, I was suffering in the hands of the LRA. They abducted me and I had to walk a long way. We moved from place to place. They gave me heavy loads to carry on my head.

One day when we were resting, the rebels were sleeping, and I escaped. I starting moving from one place to another looking for our home. When I reached there, I found my mother and father had been killed by the rebels who took me and my 7 siblings were left alone. We all cried together. I was young but I was the oldest so I had to take care of them.

When I was 14 years old, I joined VOH and started finding myself in a good place but sometimes I would still remember what I had happened in my life. I think God for what He has done in my life through protecting me from the hands of the LRA, bringing me back home and picking me to come to Village of Hope.

*Child’s name has been changed to protect his identity.